The disabled train was moved out shortly before 9 a.m., but Green and Yellow trains had to single-tracke between U Street and Mt. Vernon Square, leading to more delays. Single-tracking ended around 9 a.m. but the delays remained for the better part of an hour, and spread throughout the system.

"Anyone wanna tweet me when you can see the platform at pentagon city so I can leave Starbucks and start my day?" wrote @brittann84.

Again, some Twitter users said delays were longer than Metro was reporting.

"#wmata ruining another day with terrible service. Blue line running 40 minutes behind... That's If you can even squeeze on the next train," tweeted @bassett_jb.

A rumor that riders self-evacuated in a tunnel is not true, Metro told News4 transportation reporter Adam Tuss. However, someone did open train doors to a platform, causing longer delays for Metro. Riders should never attempt that unless told to, according to Metro.